Group aims to recreate pilgrims’ route to Highlands
A group of history fans are trying to recreate an ancient pilgrimage route to the Highlands from Edinburgh. Back in the reign of King James IV one of the most popular shrines was to Tain-born St Duthus...
View ArticleNorthern Cross pilgrimage
The annual Christian cross–carrying Pilgrimage to the Holy Island of Lindisfarne takes place once again, during the week before Easter. From April 16 to the 24, more than 75 pilgrims will journey...
View ArticleEast Neuk was once the destination for pilgrimages
A modern-day pilgrimage to the East Neuk of Fife conjures up images so vivid you can picture them as postcards. Crail harbour with its trusty boats, sea-crusted creels, and peeling sign advertising...
View ArticleCouple aim to save ex-church – by turning it into a church
Hundreds of redundant churches in Scotland have been turned into museums, trendy pubs or flats. But in a defiant stance against the wave of church closures across the country, Richard and Margaret...
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Study rediscovers pilgrims’ paths to Whithorn
Routes and paths taken by medieval pilgrims to Scotland’s “cradle of Christianity” have been rediscovered and mapped out in a new study. Whithorn, in Dumfries and Galloway, is home to the earliest...
View ArticleFollowing in the footsteps of ancient pilgrims along the Whithorn Way
As the summer months roll in, many are booking up trips and jet-setting off in favour of sunnier climes—a bid to unwind and relax, taking some much-needed rest from the stresses of everyday life,...
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